Ski Country Trails End Breckenridge

... Vi packade bilen efter Olas morgonsamtal med Sverige och kom upp till lunch. Fler backar i systemet var öppna än tidigare och snökanonerna gick för fullt. Åkte till stängningsdags och checkade in på vår mysiga lodge. Vi sprang ut till hot tub och fick ett härligt bad innan vi gick ut på byn. Hittade ett steakhouse som var helt ok. Roligast var nog att de hade ett biljardbord som vi hängde vid. Och att tjejerna höll p ...

... Dagen var i lördags (igår), som började redan på fredagskvällen då vi hela familjen hängde på REIs flagship store (en suverän butik för allt outdoor liv) nere i stan. Ola behövde telemarksskidor (hade med sig telemarkspjäxor och slalomskidor från Sverige, ingen bra kombination) och jag behövde en hjälm. Kom hem med det och massor med skidstrumpor. Fick också provat senaste modellen av telispjäxor, och efter det är jag helt säker på vad jag önskar mig ...

... behind tomorrow and get back to van living. We are heading into Boulder in the morning to do some exploring and hit the first brewery in Colorado, for our stately brewery visit. From there were going to drive to northern Colorado and camp it up and at one of trusty KOA's making us that much closer to South Dakota.

Till next time,

The Happy Chappy Couple

... hike even further up but that was just not appealing to me, I was high enough thank you very much! And did I mention how freakin’ COLD it was up there?! 42 degrees to be exact. I haven’t felt 42 degrees since last Christmas time! Suprisingly, I was not affected by the elevation at all. REALLY suprising considering I live below sea level and now I was 14K feet in the air! There were clouds that were lower than I was. I wish it was clearer up there ...

... 8217;t come thru with enough weather to cause us to flee the mountain and I am informed that we only have one more peak to go, Treasure Peak…………… Hello what “one more” excuse me I don’t get it! Of course we go back to the parking spot choice and the fact that climbing the next peak is an easier decent to the truck. So I could have whined and protested and for sure found a way down to the truck (hello once again that ...

... lunch. After we ate we took in a few shops and then hopped back on the bikes again so that we'd be back in time to return them to the rental company. But....once again we got stuck in a hail storm and had to take cover under a tree.

This was my favorite activity on the trip, and the weather just added to the excitement and we will always look back on it and laugh!

We spent the rest of the afternoon/evening exploring the shops in the Vail Village-which is an adorable German architecture looking resort town. We had dinner at Up The Creek
which is more of an "up-scale" restaurant. It was a little harder to find as it was set off of the main road directly on the creek.

I'm not the most adventuresome eater, so there were limited items on the ...

This year we skied for two weeks and both spring skiing and some good snow. We skied Breckenridge, Keystone, Vail, and Arapahoe Basin. One day Peter and Ron took the day off and went fly fishing with a guide in Silverthorne. It was cold and they caught one fish but they still had a good time. Mike and Laurie joined us for a couple of days which was great!

... rapids. To keep with the theme of understatements, it was thrilling to say the least. Around mid-day, we pulled over to a open landing and were treated to a wonderful lunch provided and prepared by our guides. Lunch was great and well-needed as it is easy to work up a hunger on the river but we were back on the river for more excitement before I knew it. Not long after re-entering the water, the pace of the trip was kicked up several levels ...

... hole within is now gone. The scars are starting to heal and it is to do something for someone else besides me. There is a famous story in boaing circles, the story of Robin Lee Graham and his 24 foot sloop the "Dove". This is a story of a 16 year old boy, who despite parental objections, decided to circumnavigate the worl. National Geographic Magazine sponsored Robin. The articles in the magazine provided fodder for the ...